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While the model of Hitler in the British Tussauds shows the Nazi leader defiant and in full health, the German version will show a him alone in his bunker as his plans for global domination are shattered by the Allies.

"We show Hitler as an older, broken man," said Natalie Ruos, a spokeswoman. "Panels will detail the crimes of the Nazi regime."

She added that unlike other figures on display, visitors would not be allowed to photograph themselves next to the Hitler waxwork for fear of encouraging Right-wing extremists turning the site into a place of pilgrimage.

The new Berlin Tussauds is due to open in July on Unter der Linden, just yards from the Brandenburg Gate and at the nerve centre of what was once the Nazi regime.

Hitler made his last stand and watched the final collapse of the Nazi military campaign from his führer bunker nearby, before committing suicide when defeat was inevitable.

"This is a very symbolic place," said Mr Neumärker. "It's near to the Brandenburg Gate, to the old Nazi sites like the Fuhrer bunker, and of course, it is very near to us, at the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe."

The memorial, which comprises thousands of concrete menhirs, was finally unveiled in 2005, after lengthy disputes over every detail of its design.

Now that it has been built, German politicians from both Left and Right have clamoured to defend it from the neighbouring Hitler display.